Distributed Education

Undergraduate students are utilizing new technologies to fit educational goals into busy work and family lives. Distributed education offers flexibility and accessibility that would not otherwise be possible in a classroom setting. Students taking DE courses will spend less time on campus than students who are engaged in more traditional courses. CSCI distributed education courses offer an alternative for viewing lectures at home, work, or on any computer with a disk drive at any time during the day or night. Students follow a typical course schedule that runs parallel to a classroom setting with the same exercises, exams and projects. For many, distributed education helps meet educational goals while avoiding the hassles of driving to campus and parking several times a week.

Optional Lab: Optional on-campus help sessions are available to students throughout the semester. Students are not required to be on campus at all during the semester but may choose to attend some of the on-campus help sessions for face to face interaction with an instructor.

We typically offer the following courses through Distributed Education:(Please check the current Schedule of Classes for a current list of Distributed Education courses.)

CSCI N100: Introduction to Computers & Computing

CSCI N201: Programming Concepts

CSCI N207: Data Analysis Using Spreadsheets

CSCI N241: Introduction to Web Development

CSCI N301: Fundamental Computer Science Concepts

CSCI N331: Visual Basic Programming

CSCI N335: Advanced Programming, Visual Basic .Net

CSCI N341: Introduction to Client-Side Web Programming

CSCI N342: Server-Side Programming for the Web

CSCI N351: Introduction to Multimedia Programming

CSCI N355: Introduction to Virtual Reality

CSCI N361: Fundamentals of Software Project Management

CSCI N431: E-Commerce with ASP.Net

Minimal Requirements The minimum requirements for a computer to play the lectures is as follows:

Check with the instructor of the course to gather the hardware/software requirements for the course as requirements vary per class. Please note that Distributed Education courses require both the lectures on CD or DVD as well as textbooks according to instructor syllabi. Please see the syllabus of the course online in order to determine textbook requirements.